The 12 most-read stories of 2012

Naked shopping, a ‘monstrosity’ of a house and a mortally wounded parrot. Those are among the topics HeraldNet readers clicked on the most in the past year. But our most-read list isn’t all fun and games. Some more serious — and at times, tragic — local stories got your attention.

A couple caveats about this list: It only includes Herald articles, and some breaking news stories may not have made the list because their headlines were updated. (Our counter starts over when the headline changes.)

OK, with that out of the way, let’s begin the countdown of the 12 most-read stories of 2012 on HeraldNet:

7. Mukilteo ‘glass monstrosity’ draws a lot of attention: Luckily the couple that owns the “crazy wormhole” showed a good sense of humor when talking to The Herald’s Amy Daybert. The house appears to still be on the market for a cool $1.89 million, but interest rates have fallen. With no money down, your payments will run you about $8,500 a month.